The 2020-2021 Pittsburgh AIHA Election has ended and results are as follows:

President-Elect:  Laura Hallett, Cardno ChemRisk who will serve a 1-year term as President-Elect followed by 1-year term as President.
Director:  Carol Delfino, CIH, CSP (SE Technologies, LLC) who will serve a 2-year term.
Treasurer:  Maureen Kelly (Transitional Services) who will continue serving the Pittsburgh AIHA for another 2-year term.

Congratulations to these newly-elected Executive Committee members who will take (or continue) office later this summer and thank you to the Pittsburgh AIHA members that cast their vote this year!     

The AIHA Pittsburgh Local Section is in need of volunteers for the 2020-2021 executive committee.  We are in search of nominations for President-Elect, Director, and Treasurer.  For any questions regarding duties and terms, and to submit nominations for yourself or others, please contact our nominations committee chair, Matt Zock at matthew.zock@fedex.com. 

The Pittsburgh Local Section Election will take place in February 2020.  For a general description of duties, please see the link:  https://www.pittsburghaiha.org/bylaws.html 
 

We are pleased to announce the results of our recent elections for the AIHA Pittsburgh Local Section executive committee.

Sarmed Shareef, CIH, CSP - University of Pittsburgh ran uncontested and secured the necessary votes for the position of President-elect.  

Frank Pokrwyka, EdD, CIH (retired) - University of Pittsburgh ran uncontested and secured the necessary votes to remain in position as Secretary.

Josh Maskrey - Cardno Chemrisk, in an extremely close election secured the necessary votes to win the position of Director over Ashlyn Landgraf, GSP - US Army Corps of Engineers.

The Pittsburgh AIHA held their annual Executive Committee election March 5, 2018 through March 12, 2018.  47 Members participated in the online election by casting their vote via electronic ballot.   Thank you to the members who participated in the election and the following newly-elected Executive Committee members who will take office this summer:

President-Elect:  Renee Cowell, CSP (Hatch, LLC)
Director:  Barbara Cummings, CIH (AM Health & Safety)
Treasurer:  Paula Sweitzer, CHMM (Duquesne University)

The Election ballot link was distributed via email on March 5, 2017 to all current active members of the Pittsburgh AIHA.  The deadline to vote was March 10.  The candidates running for office are listed below:

President-Elect:  Lucinette Alvarado, CIH (Covestro) 
Director:  Ashlyn Landgraf, GSP, R.T.(N) (FedEx Ground) and Barry Momyer, CIH (AM Health & Safety)
Secretary:  Frank Pokrywka, PhD, CIH (University of Pittsburgh) 

Results will be posted once the candidates are notified.  If you have any questions, email to ckirsch@pittsburghaiha.org.

The Pgh. AIHA 2015-2016 Election is now closed.. Congratulations to the following new Executive Committee members who will take office over the summer:

President-Elect:  Dennis Kelly (Current Director) - Sunoco Logistics
Director:  Matt Zock, MS, CIH - FedEx Ground
Secretary:  Frank Pokrywka, CIH (Incumbent) - University of Pittsburgh

Thank you to all who took the time to vote!

The results are as follows:

• Bernie Quinn - President-Elect
• Stanford Liang - Director
• Maureen Sammons - Continues as Treasurer

Thank you to our candidates, and all who voted in our 2014-2015 Election.  Our next local section election will take place in February 2015 - Candidates will be needed to run for President-Elect, Director, and Secretary. Please consider volunteering to run for office - your participation is crucial to the success of our organization!  Anyone interested in running for office, please contact any member of the Executive Committee.